Famous People with Name Alexey

Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev: was an acclaimed Russian architect whose works may be regarded as a bridge connecting Revivalist architecture of Imperial Russia with Stalin's Empire Style. Shchusev studied under Leon Benois and Ilya Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1891–1897

Alexey Ekimyan            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Alexey Ekimyan: was a famous Armenian-Russian composer, and author of popular songs. Ekimyan was also a General of Soviet militsia (police) and was the head of Criminal Investigation Department of Moscow region. He was considered the only popular composer in the world wh

Alexey Nikolayevich Kosygin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Alexey Nikolayevich Kosygin: was a Soviet politician and administrator. He served as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980.Kosygin joined the Red Army in 1919 at the age of 15 and fought in the Russian Civil War. Afterwards, he received his education at the Leningrad Co-operative College and then worked in Siberia joining the Communist Party in 1927. In the 1930s he attended the Leningrad Textile Institute after which he worked as an engineer rising to become managing director of the Oktyabrskaya textile factory in Leningrad.

Alexey Pavlovich Sokolsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Alexey Pavlovich Sokolsky: was a Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player of International Master strength in over-the board chess, a noted correspondence chess player, and an opening theoretician. In 1935, he took second in the Russian FSSR. He was twice Ukrainian Champion (1947 and 1948), and was Belarus Sub-Champion in 1958. He also played in the 13th Soviet Championship in 1944, finishing with 7.5/16 (tie for 8th-10th place); the 17th Championship in 1949, finishing with 8.5/19 (12th place); and the 21st Championship in 1954, finishing last with 5/19.

Alexey Razumovsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Alexey Razumovsky: was a Ukrainian Cossack who rose to become lover and morganatic spouse of the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. In his youth he was a shepherd; then he was taught to read and write by the rural sexton. Having a fine voice he sang in the choir at the village church.